Improvement in safety-attachments for pockets



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N. PETERS, PHOTCLUTHOGMPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

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ARTHUR W. BRoWNE, or BROOKLYN, E, D., NEW YORK, AssreNoR To HrMsELE AND.`

ANDREW BEEAsTED, or NEW YORK orTv.

Letters Paten-t No. 93,856,1latecl August 17, 1869. I

l1MPRovruuiilvr IN SAFETY-ATTACHMENTS ron PocKETs.

f The Schedulev referredto in these Letters `Patent and part cf the same,

To' all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. BROWNE, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings, and State 'of New' scription of the said invention, reference being had to4 the annexed drawing, making part of Vthis specification, wherein-' v v Figure l is a plan, showing the guard for the pocket, as opened. Y

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same, in the position the parts assume when closed. v

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

This invention is designed for preventing the loss of articles, either by accident or by pickpockets; Vand the same consists in a guard, to be applied at the mouth or opening of l the pocket, formed of two prin cipal parts, the one a plate, and the other a spring, and to the plate a latch is applied that `holds the spring in close proximity to the plate, sol that an article cannot drop out of the pocket, neither can the ingers 'he introduced, but when the latch is disconnected, the said spring assumes abow-form, and opens the mouth of the pocket.

This construction of guard allows easy access byA the person Wearing the same, allows the pocket to he closed With facility, by pressing on, the spring, the

same being self-latching, and I provide an additional security linV the form of a lock that can only be operated from the inner side of theguard next tothe person 5 hence, there is great security to the contents' b is the spring, vthat forms the other principal portion of this guard. The saine is tempered or formed so that its normal condition is an arch, as seen in fig.

l; ,and one end of said spring is united, by the hinge against the end'of the latch e, holding the spring vto l vthevplate a., effectually closing vthe mouth ofv the pocket.

When the lever e is pressed upon, the slide al will be relieved,`and the spring b will contract, and open the'pocliet. l

The lever e, being beneath the cloth, is not easily acted upon, except by the 'person Wearing the gar-V ment, but as an additional protection, I employl vthe dog o, upon-the back of 'theyplat'e a, With a tOepeC'e, c', passing through a slot in said plate a, and capable of lbeing turned'nnder the end ofthe latch-lever c, to

prevent the same being unlatched until the dog o is moved back, and this vcan only be done from the back part of the garment, behind the pocket, thus aiiord ing great safety to the contents of the pocket, and preventing accidental loss, or by the operations of pickpockets.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' Theplate a and spring b, united by the hinge c, in combination with the slide d and latch e,substantially as and' for the purposes set forth; and,in combination with the foregoing, lthe dog o, appliedv in the manner and for the purposes set forth. l

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signa ture, this 14th day oi' July, A. 1)..1869.

A. W. BROWNE;

Witnesses f:

Guns. H. SMITH, GEO. T. PrNcKNEr. 

